Ahava~Love Assembly

Grade 2 Scripture Study Week 4 | Teacher Guide

Grade 2 | SCRIPTURE STUDY

WEEK 4 • TEACHER GUIDE AND ANSWER KEY • DAYS 16–20

Read each full passage beforehand. Read the passage aloud with the child, model the worked example, then let the child practice. Keep this key out of sight during practice. On Day 20, read aloud if needed but give no hints.

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The KJV writes LORD for Yahuah, God for Elohim, Jesus for Yahusha, and Holy Ghost for Ruach HaQodesh. Scripture quotations are printed exactly as they appear in the King James Version.

Day 16: One Language

Read aloud: Genesis 11:1-2 (KJV)

Practice verses: Genesis 11:2

Worked example: Genesis 11:1. How many languages did the whole earth have? Worked answer: One.

  1. From the east.
  2. A plain.
  3. When everyone speaks the same language, they can understand each other, share plans and help one another. Accept any answer about understanding each other.

Teaching note: Find the region of ancient Shinar (later Babylonia, in modern Iraq) on a map if possible.

Day 17: Let Us Make Us a Name

Read aloud: Genesis 11:3-4 (KJV)

Practice verses: Genesis 11:4

Worked example: Genesis 11:3. What did they use instead of stone? Worked answer: Brick.

  1. A city and a tower.
  2. A name.
  3. They wanted to make a name for themselves and hoped to prevent being scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. Accept any answer that names both parts from Genesis 11:4.

Teaching note: Go to is an old phrase meaning come on or let us begin. Slime and morter refer to tar used to hold the bricks.

Day 18: Yahuah Came Down

Read aloud: Genesis 11:5-6 (KJV)

Practice verses: Genesis 11:5

Worked example: Genesis 11:3. What did they have for morter? Worked answer: Slime.

  1. The city and the tower.
  2. The children of men.
  3. The people wanted a tower reaching unto heaven, but Genesis 11:5 says the LORD came down to see it. The contrast shows that their tower did not place them above Yahuah. Accept any answer that uses reach unto heaven and came down to show the contrast.

Teaching note: Help the child notice the contrast between reach unto heaven in 11:4 and came down in 11:5.

Day 19: Confounded and Scattered

Read aloud: Genesis 11:7-8 (KJV)

Practice verses: Genesis 11:7; Genesis 11:8

Worked example: Genesis 11:5. What did the LORD come down to see? Worked answer: The city and the tower.

  1. Their language.
  2. They left off to build the city.
  3. The LORD scattered them abroad upon the face of all the earth, and they left off to build the city. They had planned to stay together and not be scattered, but they were scattered. Accept any answer that contrasts the two verses.

Teaching note: Left off means stopped. Set Genesis 11:4 and 11:8 side by side so the child sees the plan and what happened.

Day 20: Independent Check: The Name Babel

Read aloud: Genesis 11:9 (KJV)

Practice verses: Genesis 11:9

Worked example: Genesis 11:4. What did the people want to make for themselves? Worked answer: A name.

  1. Babel.
  2. The language of all the earth.
  3. The place was called Babel, because the LORD confounded their language there. Instead of a great name, they got a name that reminds everyone of confusion. Accept any answer that links Babel to the confounded language.

Teaching note: Independent check: read the verse aloud if needed, but do not give the answers. The KJV margin explains that Babel means confusion.

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